Timothy lucey



TIMT'HY 'LUCE-Y,v OF SALEM,v MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters man; No. 82,425, dated September 22, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVING-HOOPS.

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TO ALL' WHOM IT MAYv CONCERN Be it known that I, TIMOTHY LUOEYyof Salem, inthe county of Essex, andvState-"of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Driving-Hoop; and I do hereby declare that the following, take'nin connection withY the` drawings which. accompany and form part 'of this specification, is a description of my invention suiicient .to enable those skilledin the -art to practise it. I

invention relates to the*construction of driving-hoops for children, with reference to provision for converting them'into archery-bows at pleasure.

The invention consists in making a'hoop 'with hinges orY joints, by whichl it may be folded so asto form (with a. cord or elastic to. unite the opposite ends,) a. segment of a circle, or 'a bow adapted. to 'propelling the hoop-stick or other stick or arrow, as with. a common bow. y

The drawings represent u'hoop embodying my improvement.

vA showslthe same'in the form'ot' a driving-hoop.

B shows the hoop converted into n. bow. v' n a and b denote two opposite sides offs. hoop, united together by hinges c d, which permit the circle formed by the two parts' a b to be broken, and one part to be folded over against the other, as seen at B.

The two parts ai'e locked rigidly in a circular form by two tubular slidesef, each of which slips over the hingefjoint, and extending upon both sides of said joint, holds the opposite parts in line, and prevents any relative movement thereof, while the hoop .is being driven. i I By slipping each slide over the hoop-ipod beyond the joint, the pieces a b may be turned uponvtheir jointsA and brought intov contact side by side, when, if a cord vor an elasti,'g, be stretched from one end to the opposite, the hoop becomes albow, and may he used to projectarrows, or 'to project the hoop-stick as an arrow;

Instead of dividing the hoop into two equall parts, as shown, one part may be left much larger than the The advantage of a hoop of this construction in affording amusement to a child, will 'be readily seen.

v The construction enables the article'to ble used eithei` asahoop or as a how, the change from hoop to bbw, or vice versa, being effected very quickly, without'toolsandwithout skill, other than that possessed by any ordinary i child of age to drive a. hoop -or'nse a bow, or in bow-time the article may be converted into and used as a, bow, and in hoop-time may be reconverted into hoop-form.

I claim a. driving-hoop, having a constructionsubstantially as described.

l TIMOTHY LUCEY.

Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, F. GoULD.' 

